COUNCILLOR CAMERON’S LETTER.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 108, 14 February 1901, Page 2

COUNCILLOR CAMERON’S LETTER.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir, —Councillor John Cameron courageously signs his name to a moss Pharisaical letter. Poor *• ’uuibie ones'’ still have brains enough to see that the fine old breed of Pharisee has nob yet become extinct. It flourishes In our fat Waimatj pastures and is particularly robust in these stirring times. He prates of fighting for " the rights and liberties of itie ratepayers ” Ye gods and little fishes 1 When were tho rights and libertfijs of the ratepayers ever la eateaed ? He says nothing about the rights of the Mayor. Possioiy he is so blinded at the present that he has forgotten that the Mayor of a towu has equal rights with the ratepayers, rights which all justmiuded men will see are nob infringed. Truly his party can boast of being paragons of self-righteousness by reason of their perpetual bleatinge about “ fighting for the rights and liberties of the ratepayers,” Their display of cheeseparing methods, in saving a few shillings whilst they neglects the pounds by a total disregard for the rights of those opposed to them Talking is cheap, and a commodity possessed in magnificent bulk by these Knights of Purity, but when ratepayers thoroughly grasp the subject, clear of all bias, and know what is tho depth of self sacrifice made by these defenders of liberty, then the real workers who seek to benefit the Borough will reap their rewa d. If Councillor Cameron so earnestly believes in the •'right” of his views why does he not manfully move that the question be settled in the right ami proper way, viz, by appeal to tho Supreme Court. Our fathers suffered and fought to obtain this privilege and laid down this axiom for all justicemongers to observe—“ from bias free of every kind this trial must be tried. ’’ Has it been well and truly observed in the present scandal of a fight ? No. 1. The proper tribunal set up by the nation for administering justice has been complet; d ignored by these selfconstituted defenders of constitutional

rights, and an unjust method of settling a purely legal matter resorted to. Who gave these Bir Galahads this right of making laws to suit their own ends ? Until this latter is explained it would be prudent for Councillor Cameron and his party to cease this bleating about rights and liberties. Thcss gentlemen are a type of those who, through all time, have required the most careful watching from those who wish to see all things well and truly tried.—l am, etc., Beer Babbit.